Supabase says AI coding agents have made it the backend for millions of apps
ycombinator · x · 2026-07-23
Supabase says AI coding agents have made it the backend for millions of AI-built apps
At YC Startup School Paris, Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone discussed how the company grew to more than 10 million developers and why AI coding agents like Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt, and Codex have turned Supabase into the backend for millions of AI-generated apps.
Key points
- Supabase says its open-source Postgres stack helped it compete with cloud giants.
- Copplestone argues the biggest shift is that agents are now the users.
- The company’s pitch is moving toward the next frontier: self-driving databases.
- The interview also covers the startup’s early pivots, developer trust, and why open source mattered in the LLM era.
- YC notes Supabase recently raised a $500M round at a $10B valuation and now has 360 people across 60 countries with zero offices.
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